[OMS_MANAGERS] CARES Dollars for businesses

Wed Jan 13 13:55:47 PST 2021

Great. Thank you!

Shannen

A Sight for Sport Eyes

1553 11th St.

West Linn, OR 97068

503-699-4160

888-223-2669

Fax: 888-240-6551

www.sporteyes.com

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> On Behalf Of Liz Hannum
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:45 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] CARES Dollars for businesses

Shannen,

We worked with our city to facilitate a Reimagine Grant fund. It was an opportunity for businesses to reimagine their businesses for a covid life. We funded a delivery truck for our tap house, a CRM system for the bakery, a few parklets, a studio setup for the bookstore to run facebook lives, etc. It was really great because the businesses could tell us what they needed most instead of us picking one project.

Here's more about it: https://www.orcity.org/economicdevelopment/reimagine-opportunity-fund

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 1:27 PM Courtney Williams <cwilliams at ci.independence.or.us <mailto:cwilliams at ci.independence.or.us> > wrote:

Hey Shannen, 

The City of Independence created a Small Business Scratch-it promotion during the holidays that utilized CARES Act funds that was really successful. We worked with a company to create a custom scratch-it, each scratch-it was a winner with prizes worth $5, $10 or $25 that customers received when they made a purchase and could then be put towards their next purchase at any participating business. We had a mix of retail and restaurant businesses participate with each business getting 75-250 scratch-its to hand out to their customers. This worked well to get people back into the businesses to make another purchase, and was great because our community was happy to get essentially free money to spend locally. At the end of the promotion, I worked with each business to reimburse them for the total amount of scratch-its they redeemed, so it was a win-win-win for our community. 

It worked so well that we are creating a Love Local campaign for the month of February, which will include another scratch-it promotion, twice as many participating businesses and will be focused on our local restaurants and bars. I included some photos for you and am happy to talk more about the specifics of the promotions if you need them. 

Warmly,

Courtney

Courtney Williams  

Downtown Manager

Office 503.837.1195 | Fax 503.606.3282

www.ci.independence.or.us <http://www.ci.independence.or.us/> 

DISCLOSURE NOTICE: This email is official business of the City of Independence, and it is subject to Oregon Public Records Law.

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov <mailto:oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> > On Behalf Of A Sight for Sport Eyes via OMS_MANAGERS
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:02 AM
To: oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov <mailto:oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov> 
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] CARES Dollars for businesses

I am the chair of the Economic Development committee for the city of West Linn(as well as a board member of our local main street).  With the CARES Act extended, we are having an emergency meeting of the EDC to figure out how we can best spend the money to directly assist local businesses.  Our city was slow to act last year, telling us CARES dollars couldn’t be spent on anything for businesses, only for the city itself. After our main street director worked hard to correct them on this, we want to figure out more ways to use them. We initially bought tents and heaters for our restaurants.  Looking to help more than just the restaurants.  The city is more likely to go forward with our recommendations if we have specific examples of what other cities have done.  So I’m just looking for what other cities have done to help convince our city that money can be used that way.  

Thanks!

Shannen

A Sight for Sport Eyes

1553 11th St.

West Linn, OR 97068

503-699-4160

888-223-2669

Fax: 888-240-6551

www.sporteyes.com <http://www.sporteyes.com> 

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Liz Hannum

Executive Director

Downtown Oregon City Association

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